Saturday Crafting Session

Come and join our Saturday crafting session. Bring your machine, your hand-sewing, your crochet or your knitting. Everything is provided for you for the whole day so you can relax and have someone else look after you all day while you just chat and create.

Please head to the Glebe Room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 1pm as lunch will be served immediately. Your afternoon tea and dinner are included, so you don’t need to worry about food for the rest of the day.

What happens is that you bring along something to work on – can be your machine or something to sew/knit/crochet/stitch by hand and you work on that for as much as you want. One year Patch Andi made a whole quilt and quilted it in a day. I did 8 stitches. So that’s the spectrum.

We’ll be sitting at tables – nothing preassigned – just find somewhere to sit when you arrive. But everybody moves around to chat and meet everyone and to see what you’re making.

It’s very casual and informal, but oh so friendly and absolutely wonderful to meet people in person that you’ve only known online.

There will be lots of laughter, and even a few tears when people start talking about things that really affect them, and it’s wonderful to see friendships made right in front of you.

A few things do happen during the day to break it up – stopping for food, and for the Sample Swap, and for the prize giveaway, and we’ll be leaving the hotel for dinner. It’s nice to get a little fresh air.

You will have the opportunity to participate in workshops, including a Craft Schmaft Sock Owl workshop, book here.

This year, we’re all hanging out quite late together! Dinner is included in the ticket price, and then we’ll return to the hotel for more crafting….until 11:00pm!

Don’t forget to sign up for the swaps – you will really get the most out of SIT by becoming involved like that.

Hi Sheridan. I’m really interested in joining in. I’m a Melbourne based blogger. What do I need to do to sign up for the Saturday event? Also happy to provide assistance with coordination if you need helping hands.

Hi
I am a Melbourne based blogger and would be interested. I need to figure out childcare first though. Hopefully I can confirm before Christmas. Great idea to do this. Let me know if you need help organising it.
Shirley

You know I would love to be there but given I will have an 8 week old newbie I think an all day crafting session would be a stretch… but if there is still room and a newborn is welcome let me know…tam xo

Sounds like fun, I’m interested in coming along! I live in Melbourne and don’t need accomodation. There’s a few places like Amitie that hire out space for crafting if you need different options…I’d be happy to help with this if needed, although I can see the appeal in a hotel that does it all 🙂

I’d love to come, I’ll be bringing a non crafty friend to ease the trip (first time in Melbourne, first time away from the Bub etc). She’ll prob come on the shopping trip, so I have support for the initial meeting of ppl lol, but other than that, she doesn’t want to take up a space of someone else who wants to be there! :D. I’m looking at staying at the Citigate too.

I’d like to book a spot if I may for the Saturday crafting sessions (I live 1.5hrs out of Melbourne if I need to count as a non-Mlebournite). I’m happy to pay my deposit whenever you need it.
Regards,
Abbe

My niece Abbe asked if I would like to go to this with her, so if you have a place left that would be great. I live in UFTG so I don’t see as much of her as I would like. Let me know about the deposit etc. She has booked for the Saturday crafting session.

Shoot, I have just payed non refundable plane tickets to melbourne from NZ. Just tryed to transfer money over to your account but have to sort out with my bank. Oh please say you have space for me. I am sharing with Bianca at the hotel but haven’t sorted that out yet.

p.s can you please send me an email to maryjanehyde@hotmail.com cause shock horror I havent told my husband yet. Just waiting for a good time;0)

Hi, I couldn’t find this blog for a little while for some reason, now back on track, can I send you the depsosit? I really want to come! And would like to ‘be a sponsor’ ie make something- tote bags, yo-yo brooches, something to commemmorate the event. Let me know If I can do this,

I’m a local who would like to attend … but not staying at the hotel so I guess I’m now on the waiting list for any spots that come up later. Can’t wait to hear as I’ve put my name on the waiting list for the Friday activities.

Ok, so my chances are super-slim, but I’d love to be a part of this- so I’m putting my name down and crossing my fingers that for some magical reason, the number of places will increase to take on all the late coming stragglers too!! xx